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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 03, 1938
Page
7
A short verse by H. W. Barker extols friendship as true wealth beyond money or power. It asserts real friends endure poverty, sickness, sorrow, and time’s passage, remaining constant and priceless through all events.
A 1918 local bulletin reports coal shortages in Ontario with restrictions on burning coal and Monday closures for amusement venues. It notes a Guelph fire causing 3500 dollars in damages, church unions for February and March, and Newfoundland conscription debates. Births and deaths listed include Norman P. Lambert newborn in Wellesley Hospital and Lottie I Johnston, Harold R Ramshaw.
A diary fragment from Oliver N Warren, dated Monday through Saturday, recounting school days and small events. It notes affection for a girl named Jane, family chatter about dress goods, a high fever in a friend of the editor, and plans to become a teacher or work on holiday chores with humorous asides about Elay and Miss Jones.
The column recalls sixty years past on Queen Street Acton with G T R freight sheds and grain buyers BB and Icklin Tolton. It notes shifts to Washington and later flour milling, a tannery, and family stories of Willis Watson and daughters Elza Isabella and Rachel, ending with Telegraph matches and friendly memories.
The 1934 Jewish immigration to Palestine exceeded 62 000, with 1923 figures around 11 000. The Jewish community shifted from orthodox, poor, undereducated to self supporting and independent with rising nationalistic aims. German immigrants included many professionals and leaders in thought.
Turner's Valley Alberta oil output rises from 6000 barrels daily in early 1937 to a potential 20000 to 28000, capped by a 35 percent proration reducing flow to about 10000. Over thirty wells active, twenty two more drilling, 1936 output averaged 3840 barrels daily, with history dating to 1913 and a 1936 discovery near Hemestoney. Oil moved by tank car to Moose Jaw Regina refiners and may extend east as supply grows.
The reader passages discuss corporate influence over state policy and the notion of amending the constitution to curb or share governing powers with corporations. It questions democracy’s future if governments fail to press corporations toward responsibility and explores fascism or corporatism as possible, troubling outcomes.
A review notes This New America compiles CCC comments and camp poems, praising the program as a model for Canada. It argues youth employment, forestry work, road building, and education could create economic wealth and patriotism, avoiding relief dependency and fostering health and vigor among young men.
The sea surrendered wreckage of a 1928 British Columbia Airways airliner carrying seven people to death. Captain M Lervold of the Gahing boat is pictured with wreckage raised by nets off Port Townsend Washington. Barnacle covered undercarriage and a rotted parachute are shown.
The Home Office of Japan plans shorter cinema programs and fewer schedule changes. Programs currently run about four and a half to five hours, with some venues longer, and officials propose a standard three and a half hour program with a possible four hour limit in smaller venues. A 10 day program duration is also proposed and producers support the move.
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